Position in chronology
DCS 119
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414627.
Transliteration
_1(asz) gu2 siki gen_ a-na _erisz-dingir#_ sza nergal _szu ti-a_ u-bar-utu _dumu_ e2?-mu-an? li-bur-ra-am giri3 suen-re-me-ni u3? i3-li2-da#-x _iti gan-gan-e3 u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam_ _mu e2 iszkur sza3 larsa-ma! ba-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — DCS 119. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P414627) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414627..
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